The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-10-29
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Important Facts. Figures.
and Statistics.


New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road rom Carthage, the terminus
of he San Pedro coal mine branch
Of the \. T. rs. +. r. Il, 102
miles from Socorro, on the main
line, 155 miles from FL Paso. Tex
as, ana IS from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the seat of an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
ly situated in a valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation OF 6,470 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
izations, Methodist and Congrega-
tionalist, "A large and prosperous
public school, two weekly newspa-
pers, five prosperous mercantile es-
taplishmeuts, two hotels, two bill
lizard alls, two blacksmith shops,
zone also a wagon shop,) n TWEEN
ty stamp gold mill in operation, al
50 Il Huntington Centrifugal mill,
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great '10mestake Gold Mines
are one mile n. W. of the centre Of
the town, and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
S. E.. are inexhaustible mines of
coal, varying from bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
seven miles n. W. of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are eX-
tensive bodies of magnetic iron
ores, of excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
of the Bonito mining district, the
rich gold mines of the Nogal min
ing district, and the copper %lsilver
bearIng) ores Of the ''west side
The town is abundantly supplied
with water {; wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway, and to
TT. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
the present objective point Of the
Chicago, St. LOUIS IL FL Paso R. X.
now building from FL Paso. Texas,
and is destined to be an important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed ia Kansas City, as the
necessary link i'll the shortest posi-
bic line between Chicago ahd the
CITY Of Mexico.
The County of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner of New MeXi
ca, is $50 miles i'll extreme length,
and 100 in extreme breadth. and
contains 24.45U square miles. ii
il divided. from north 10 south. by
the Rio Pccos,a an i uortaut stream,
which receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising in the
east side of the Great ltangc.
The western part Of the County
is divided by mountains, locally
known AZ the Galliuas, Jicarillas,
Carizos, Sierra Blancos, Nc, all
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jacks
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
5000, Nogal, 10000, and Sierra
Blanco, 1000.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1885, now about6, 900
The towns, other than White Oaks,
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dewlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
well. Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
and lookout.
Two-thirds of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainly
well watered, and stocked with
800, 900 head of cattle, an increase
of 1000 Fer cent. in 5 years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
ance in the mountains of Lincoln
County. and he is here to stay, lie
ranges where nothing else will, and
is exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, anglia
Jnckass esq like the sands of the
seashore, tor multitude.
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, Boni-
To-, Hondo, Seven Rivers, Black
River, and Pecos, there r the fin
est Of agricultural lands. Fine
farms have been opened on al
those streams, and upon them has
been produced in exceptional quail
ity and quantity every farm pro
ucts which can be raised at such
an elevation. The experience OF
the late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
that Lincoln County will produce,
in abundance, all the Northern
E.,,;to Tho rr;culfura iDfaraSt j.